LICATA v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 24666, 24667.

429 F.2d 1177 (1970)

Nicolo LICATA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 29, 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. L. Wirin (argued) and Fred Okrand (argued); Russell Parsons, of Marshall & Clark, Los Angeles, Cal., John J. Hooker, of Hooker, Keeble, Dodson, & Harris, Nashville, Tenn., for appellant.

David R. Nissen (argued) Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before: MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.


KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court adjudging Nicolo Licata guilty of contempt for refusing to answer questions before a Federal Grand Jury after he had been granted immunity under 18 U.S.C. § 2514.

When Licata initially refused to testify, the U.S. Attorney, upon application to the District Court, secured an order granting immunity. 18 U.S.C. § 2514...

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